The following piece of news was posted on the Earache Records' Facebook page:

"We've just heard that David Gold of Woods Of Ypres passed away last night in an accident near Barrie, ON, Canada. From all of us at Earache our deepest sympathies to your family, bandmates and friends. We are all devastated, such a terrible waste of talent. R.I.P. David."

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An audio sample of the song "Daemons" from White Ink, the forthcoming album from Swedish metallers Satariel, is available for streaming at this location.

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US metallers Darkest Hour have issued the following update on the band's Facebook page:

"Yes it is true, Darkest Hour has parted ways with drummer Ryan Parrish. We wish him well (you will seem him rocking in many projects no doubt please check them out, they will all rip!).

For now his duties have been filled by drummer Timothy Java (Dead To Fall). Tim did an amazing job on our recent European tour with Machine Head. As for the future that's open for discussion - no permanent decisions have been made in any way."

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German power metallers Savage Circus have announced the departure of guitarist Piet Sielck. You can read his statement below.

"After long and intensive thinking I came to the conclusion that I cannot uphold any further engagement for Savage Circus any more and hereby officially quit. I am proud of what has been achieved, but I just cannot imagine myself doing songwriting and production more or less completely alone for a third time. This has drained too much energy in the past already, which was needed in more important spots. I am not willing to make such a sacrifice again."

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Greek thrashers Suicidal Angels have posted a new track online, entitled "Let The Bloodbath Begin", taken from their upcoming album Bloodbath, due out on January 27th, 2012, via NoiseArt Records. This album features cover artwork by Ed Repka, who has previously worked with Megadeth and Death. Bloodbath was recorded at Prophecy & Music Factory Studios in Kempten, Germany, with Greek producer Roberto Dimitri Liapakis. More album details here. You can listen to the new track below.


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German brutal death metallers Resurrected will enter the studio next week, on December 27th, to begin recording their new yet-untitled EP. The band posted the following short update on their MySpace page: "On December 27th we'll start to record our yet untitled EP finally. We're quite nervous to record the new stuff as the songs are really great. Hope you all love it. We'll keep you updated on the recording process with some studio reports and videos so stay tuned."

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Austrian black metallers Hellsaw have unveiled the album artwork and the tracklist for their new and upcoming effort entitled Trist. The album has been penned for a February 24th release via Napalm Records. The band will thereafter embark on a tour.

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US stoner metallers High On Fire have entered Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity Studios to begin recording their yet untitled new album. The band is collaborating with producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou on the new effort, the band's sixth studio album and the follow-up to 2010's Snakes For The Divine. The album is expected to be released on mid-2012 through eOne Music.

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French female-fronted metallers ETHS will release their third album, III, on March 2, 2012 in Europe (March 12 in North America) via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer Fredrik Nordström, who has previously worked with At The Gates, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy and Soilwork, among others.

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"Memorial", the brand new video from German metalcore outfit Caliban is now available for viewing below. The song is the first single released off the band's upcoming record entitled I Am Nemesis, scheduled for release on February 2012. Head over to the band's website for the complete release date fixture.

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Descendant XII, the new upcoming album from Malaysian melodic black metal band Hayagriva will be released on January 1st, 2012 via Khakan Production (Malaysia). The follow-up to 2007's Red Heaven was recorded between 2009 and 2011 at several studios in Malaysia. More album details were previously reported here.

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Russian death/doom metallers Psilocybe Larvae have completed the recording of their new album entitled The Labyrinth Of Penumbra. The recording and mixing process took place at studio Kontakt under the guidance of Yury Smirnov, mastering duties were handled by Mats Lindfors at Cutting Room and cover art was taken care of A-Ra. The new song entitled "Soul Trekking" can be heard at this location.

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Ukrainian thrash/groove metal act Hell:on has announced on their MySpace page that they are working on their third album and the follow-up to 2008's Re:Born. One of the special guests on the album will be Jeff Waters from Canadian thrashers Annihilator.

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US death metallers Reign Of Vengeance have released two Christmas songs, "Frosty The Snowman" and "Jingle Bells" on iTunes and Amazon. You can listen to the samples here and here. Both songs are taken from the Two Tales Of Christmas Terror release.

Disemboweling Swine is the most recent album from the band and it was released earlier this year via Brain Damage Music.

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"Источник Болезни" (Transl: The Origin Of Disease), a brand-new song from Belgian gore metallers Aborted can now be streamed on No Clean Singing. The song features guest vocals from Benighted's Julien Truchan.

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